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Arsenal 3-1 Valencia: Europa League at a look

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Arsenal will take a deserved result in Valencia for the second leg due to Alexandre Lacazette's double and a late third from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.The guests began confidently and took the lead when Mouctar Diakhaby nodded in from a well-worked nook routine however Unai Emery's males turned the competition round inside 15 minutes and held sway thereafter. Diakhaby nods Valencia in frontUEFA.com - News

Antonio Valencia: ‘The best right-back in football’?

Antonio Valencia: ‘The best right-back in football’?
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Manchester United manager José Mourinho suggested on Friday that Antonio Valencia is currently the best right-back in world football.It was certainly a bold claim of a player who started life as a winger before gravitating back into defence. "I think he is the best right-back you can have," Mourinho said of the 31-year-old Ecuadorian. "There is no better right-back in football. It is a privilege for us to have such a good player and such a good man." While it's no secret where Mourinho's allegiances lie,

Valencia on a roll, Fiorentina grab win

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There were notable victories for Valencia, Fiorentina and Dortmund as the UEFA Europa League round of 32 contenders focused on matters closer to home before Thursday's second legs.So long without a Liga win, Valencia coach Gary Neville has now overseen two in a row. Fresh from beating Espanyol and a joint record 6-0 defeat of Rapid Wien in midweek, Los Che again suggested their fortunes might be changing with a 2-1 success at struggling Granada. A hint of momentum also returned for Fiorentina, who grabbed a second consecutive league victory – for the first time since 6 January – to bolster their hold on third spot in Serie A.In Germany, ...